Meaning & use
Shutters
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Hinged covers, usually of wood or metal, fitted over a window to block light or protect the glass.
See it in a sentence
She closed the wooden shutters before the storm hit.
Sunlight streamed through the slats of the open shutters.
A note on using this word
As a verb, 'shutters' has taken on a newer sense in news headlines meaning that a business closes down permanently.
Words with a similar meaning
blindsshades
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Another way to use it
2. verb
closes down a business permanently
The factory shutters its doors for good at the end of the month.
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